AKRON, OHIO — A recent drop in North American PET bottle resin prices is featured in this week's Material Insights video. Also this week, we report on polyethylene supply issues impacting two material firms, as well as news that sustainable...
AKRON, OHIO — Lower demand and declining feedstock prices have helped send North American PET bottle resin prices down an average of 7 cents per pound since March 1.
AKRON, OHIO — Lower feedstock costs and waning demand led North American solid polystyrene resin prices to tick down an average of 3 cents per pound in April.
AKRON, OHIO — North American polypropylene resin process tumbled yet again in April, sliding down an average of 10 cents per pound.
AKRON, OHIO — As expected by resin buyers, the 4-cent price hike that hit non-film grades of North American polyethylene in February was seen by film grades in March.
AKRON, OHIO -- If you were a North American resin buyer buying both PVC and polypropylene resin in March, you might be wearing a neck brace right now. That's because PVC prices in the region jumped up a nickel per pound, while PP prices slid by an average of 6 cents. Whiplash was a definite possibility.
HOUSTON — North America's ongoing shale gas revolution can lead even an experienced executive like Stephen Pryor to speak in extremes. “The world is on the cusp of a new age of unconventional energy,” said Pryor, president of...
AKRON, OHIO -- February was a rocky month for North American commodity resin prices, with PVC prices up, polystyrene prices down and a price increase hitting some grades of polyethylene.
AKRON, OHIO — March Madness may be right around the corner, but January and February weren't exactly calm for North American buyers of polypropylene resin. Regional PP prices jumped another 6 cents per pound in February, right on the heels of...
AKRON, OHIO -- North American polyethylene prices have hit the ground running in 2013, increasing an average of 5 cents per pound since Jan. 1.The increase affects all grades of high density, low density and linear low density PE and is reflected in ...
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